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Arrayed was toward hir mariage
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This freisshe may al ful of gemmes clere
hir broþer which þat. seuen ȝer was of age
Arrayed eek. ful freissh in his manere /
And thus in gret noblesse and with glad chere
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Toward Saluces schapyng her iournay
Fro day to day þay ryden in her way [[No break in the MS.]]
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¶ Incipit pars Quinta.
AMong al þis after his wikked vsage [folio 127a]
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This marquis ȝit his wif to tempte more
To þe vttrest proef of hir corrage
Fully to han experiens and lore
If þat sche were as stedefast as byfore
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He on a day in open audience
Ful boystously haþ sayd hir þis sentence
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Certes Grisildes I had ynough plesaunce
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To haue ȝow to my wif for ȝour goodnesse
And for ȝoure trouþe and for ȝour obeissaunce
Nought for ȝour lignage ne for ȝour richesse
But now know I in verray sothfastnesse /
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That in gret lordschip if I wel auyse /
Ther is gret seruise in sondry wyse /
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I may not do as euery plough man may
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My poeple me constreignith for to take
Anoþer wyf and certeyn day by day
And eek þe popes rancour for to slake
Consentith it þat dar I vndertake
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And trewely þus moche I wol ȝow say
My newe wif is comyng by þe way
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Be strong of hert and voyde anoon hir place
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And þilke dower þat ȝe broughten me
Tak it agayn I graunt it of my grace
